My Goals for 2019

Hello, and Happy New Year 2019!

This year, I'm determined to turn this blog into an active platform for sharing my thoughts, feelings and stories. I tend to plan and imagine things in my head so actively that I don't even realise I've actually done nothing to make my dreams come true in real life. This goes for blogging, writing letters, reading, Instagram, exercising - you name it, I've planned it and not done anything about it. This will change this year, which is why my first post of the year is all about my goals for 2019!

Family

My number one goal is to start a family. We've been trying for quite a while now and will continue to do so until we get pregnant and have a baby. It's a draining process both mentally and financially, and while I'm not really the type to feel comfortable about blogging or vlogging the whole TTC journey, I promise to report about everything in retrospect once we finally get that long awaited plus.

Travel

I haven't really been into travelling for a while now. I feel like I've seen all the places I want to see and now it's time to settle down and focus on other things. However, I'd love to do smaller weekend trips within Finland and/or Hungary, and I've been wanting to go back to England for a while now so it'd be great to do that at some point as well. I'm especially into visiting Cornwall and the Cotswolds as well as Bath, Oxford and basically any place I haven't been to before. I definitely don't want to go anywhere far away, and I want to fly as little as possible as my fear of flying is getting worse and worse by the year.

Books

I've set myself the goal of reading 50 books this year. It might be an unrealistic goal but I want to at least try! So far, I've finished two books this year, which is quite exceptional for me, so there is hope!

Work

I continue to struggle with finding out what it is I want to do for a living. I love my students, but in the long run, I don't think teaching is really my thing. People always tell me that I'm a good and inspiring teacher, which obviously feels great, but when you don't feel good about doing something yourself, chances are that thing is not for you. But what would I want to do then? That's a damn good question. I think I would just like to write write write, and do something with social media, or maybe even with travel. The dream is to work together with Julcsi and have our own company that organises trainings on LGBTQ+ inclusivity within the fields of education and travel. I want to get our LGBTQ+ in Schools website up and running! I also want to write my own LGBTQ+ YA novel, and become a published author in general. So many dreams and goals that I simply don't know how to realise on my own. Send help!


Blogs

I want to get into a routine of updating all of my blogs regularly. This includes this blog, my travel blog, as well as our couples blog. I definitely want to focus on lifestyle blogging, though, unless I can come up with a way of making travel blogging more inspiring for myself. By the end of 2019, I want to be able to say that I am an active blogger with readers and connections all over the world.

Penpalling

My dear hobby that I've been neglecting for years! I miss my friends so much and want to be back in touch with everyone! In 2019, I'll get back to writing and will make sure to find the time for it. Friendships need to be cherished, and a lot of mine happen to be of the snail mail kind.

Personal

In addition to all of the above, I have some personal goals. First of all, I want to develop better time management skills. I tend to waste my time doing nothing productive, just lying on the sofa, liking posts on Instagram, and watching YouTube videos. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE YouTube, and actually see it as a way of getting to know new people, especially other lesbians, but some of the time I spend watching videos could definitely be spent doing something else as well. Secondly, I want to do things according to my own values and interests. This means not eating chicken and red meat, eating more veggies, not wasting my time on idiots, listening to a lot of music, singing more, watching more meaningful films, taking all the time I need for myself instead of meeting people just to please them when what I would actually need is alone time. Finally, I want to be active in exposing discrimination of any kind and in making LGBTQ+ people and themes more visible, at schools and in general.


So yeah, those are some of my main goals for the year. What are yours? Let me know in the comments below!